I prefer to go to spaces where I don’t have to fight to talk about it, he says. There are comedy nights I don’t go tohe said, adding that these areas were still smaller than before.

Coco Belliveau’s humor addresses her obsession with women, but also sexism and grossophobia. He was asked to change his sketches.

The comedy scene has a lot of straight white menhe explained. The producers told me: “it doesn’t speak to me, it’s not for everyone”. But yes, it is for everyone!

There are nights when I don’t have a chance to perform when I’m sure a lot of people will accept what I have to say, he continues. And it’s important for everyone to consume art made by people from the LGBTQ+community..

make everyone laugh

Coco Belliveau, who considers herself pansexual, wants to dismantle the idea that a figure discussing her sexual orientation can only make people from the LGBTQ+ community laugh.

There are always people who are open to hearing stories other than their reality. If people can connect with what I’m saying, even if they don’t practice it, I think we’re moving forward.

Although it feels good, you don’t want to just talk to people who agree with you, he added. Real progress is having open communication with people who don’t live the same reality.

I came from far away.

If Coco Belliveau agrees to be the spokesperson for 40th Lesbian Visibility Day, specifically help set positive examples for girls and young women and allow them to feel the validity of their attraction to people of the same sex. .

When I was young, I didn’t have a model around, because I bathed in a heterocentric environment, says the 30 -year -old now. I have long been in contact with my sexuality, because being attracted to women is seen as weird.

Then, others judged him when he dated women when he was in college.

I came from far away. Of all the paths I have come, I now want to do the things I needed to do when I was younger.

The fact of not proving feeling in her sexual identity, but also prejudice and homophobia slowed Coco Belliveau in her personal and artistic development.

When I was a kid, I heard someone around me say: “I, gays, it’s okay, but I don’t want to see that”he recalled. Now, I find it ridiculous to say that, but it marked me. At the time, I likened it to a rule, not showing up.

However, being funny has proven therapeutic for the young woman, who still needs psychological help to erase the feeling of shame that her attraction to women once caused her.

I find it easier to express myself about it on stage, because it’s less difficult than in real life. Nothing stops you until you finish your number.

In 2017, Coco Belliveau made him coming out at the scene. At first, I wanted to keep it private, but your identity is tied to the humor you make, I have to say it at some point.he explained.

A prize for Sarahmée

Therefore, Coco Belliveau will participate in the 40th Lesbian Visibility Day, whose theme is Invisibilization is discrimination.

Three podcasts, hosted by cultural columnist Eugénie Lépine-Blondeau, will be recorded live. They focus respectively on the involvement of community organizations for lesbian visibility, on lesbian visibility from yesterday to today and on lesbian visibility in the public sphere.

The prizes will also be awarded to rapper Sarahmée (Visibility award), writer and poet Nicole Brossard (Tribute award) and late activist Johanne Coulombe (Activist award).

All three podcasts will be uploaded (New window) April 26, International Lesbian Visibility Day.